The Definitive Digitech Whammy Review | Is It Any Good?

The Digitech Whammy is a pedal that's been around for years, but is it that good? Why get one? This is the The Definitive Digitech Whammy Review. Let's find out if it's any good.
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[@harrychrisrobin]

What do you think of this video? Would you like to see more gear review videos like this?

[@RossBt95]

sold

[@grrrahg]

Indeed I would. I enjoyed this..

[@centauriatacama1794]

Looked up Tom Morello about the pedal. I LOVE the reason why he threw it on. It was to get a west coast hip-hop vibe. Got my whammy 3 from a pawnshop for 65. Also along with a DOD death metal distortion for 25. pretty much a nu metal kit.

[@MichaelKingVids]

Just seeing this. Great video. And I’ve not seen one person mention go over the issue of doing something that isn’t recognizable as another song.

[@kevinwhite6176]

the best part of the whammy is that it's not "that pitch shift in your multieffects or that came with your DAW" which sounds horrifying; and it's not some "it's just like your guitar is really an octave up!" perfection effect; it sounds unique. As an octave harmonizer it actually mixes your sound pitched down or up an octave in instead of doing something else like making a square wave or whatever those octavia things do; the sound is filtered with some kind of formant filter so it isn't too shrill going up or lacking high end while going down; some of the clanky digital aliasing is still in the sound; and there's that little bit of delay that just does something textural. Turn it on and don't shift the treadle and it sounds like you put an extremely short delay on your signal that comb filters it like you're in a tube. It's especially fun on bass, when you can abruptly crank up an octave-up or harmony octave up to scream through the mix and scare your cat.

[@harrychrisrobin]

I’d noticed the shift in signal with it turned on and not altering the pitch, I have it in several of my stereo patches and having it turned on in on side really changed up the stereo field. Such an amazing tool even when it’s not being used 😂😂

[@Trootsbloxplayzthemetalfan]

Good lord kevin

[@Slunkee]

the whammy pedal is (imo) one of the most expressive pedals

[@harrychrisrobin]

For sure! There’s so much you can get out of it. One of my favourite pedals

[@visibledistortion341]

True yotsuba

[@sachaleuenberger6418]

that's because it has an expression pedal

[@cesarellefsonto2087]

The Pedal of the legends of the Guitar,Tom Morello,Steve Vai,Matt Bellamy,Josh Farro,Jack White Taylor York,Buckethead,Michael Angelo Batio,Johnny Greenwood,Joey Satriani,Jimmy Page,David Gilmour,Kirl Hammett,John Petrucci,James Hetfield,Matthew Followill,Joe Perry,John5,Sid Wilson

[@KiraPlaysGuitar]

Buster Odenholm

[@Dojax94]

You missed Dimebag Darrell

[@vibecheck4581]

And Mike Kerr

[@coontachi]

Kevin Shields

[@GibranSanchezPerez]

Munky & Head from Korn

[@crashhalo4]

Man, just yesterday I was looking for this pedal on the internet and today you uploaded this video today, that's awesome, dude I really love your covers and how you match the tones perfectly, I'd love to make covers like you one day. Nice work!

[@harrychrisrobin]

It’s a sign, you should get a whammy! You know you want to 😜 Thanks so much for your awesome support, I really appreciate it.

[@liambrake]

Just bought a Whammy DT a couple weeks ago. It has a completely different feel than I expected, but it is really fun to use. It will definitely take me a bit of practice to get good with it.

[@harrychrisrobin]

Nice one man. Let me know how you get on with it! That was sort of the point of this video, make people think about practicing with their gear as well as the guitar. I see a lot of people think buying the next pedal will fix their tone. Like I said at the end of the video, it’s only as good as you are.

[@synthgone]

Still using the 4th version of this pedal, but I'm happy with it)) I was glad to find your channel, you deserve way more viewers

[@harrychrisrobin]

I still have my whammy 4 it’s tucked away in a box. Never forgotten. I keep wondering if I’d ever make a second pedalboard it would definitely go on there Thank you for your support too. The channel will grow, just one subscriber at a time 😊

[@StratsRUs]

Sweet reminded me of The Cocteau Twins. I've had a Whammy stored away for years, time to take it out and explore it.

[@harrychrisrobin]

Go for it!

[@spammburgers78]

I didn't know Badger from Breaking Bad is a guitar player

[@FAIRYGIRL911]

I was thinking Bam Margera personally

[@matthewlizmi1912]

I think there was even a scene where Skinny Pete is shown shredding on a piano before Badger walks up butchering an out-of-tune guitar

[@shallowgravess]

he literally is in the show

[@spammburgers78]

@matthewlizmi1912 Right. I guess I meant the actor, not the character. Badger is complete shit on the guitar.

[@theycallmejpj]

The detune mode should be used on chords with a clean tone. Would have also been interested to hear the interval mode with clean sounds

[@jimmybd2309]

I always thought the de tune setting sounded like a really aggressive chorus pedal

[@genericusername2598]

saw fallout new vegas things and a photo of matt bellamy in the intro. this guy's opinion is the only one that matters to me

[@sthego3970]

Finally, a guitar youtuber that likes the same music as me.

[@harrychrisrobin]

Cheers bro! 🤟

[@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial]

Great job excellent breakdown of it. Btw, your Morello riffs sounded spot on! Sub’d! Also how did u get that effect at 2:16 sounds like it’s doing some auto shifting thing with a separate fuzz pedal or something?

[@harrychrisrobin]

Thank you very much. That effect is created by sending midi to the whammy to switch between and octave +1 0 and -1. I've a tutorial on it on my channel, look for "sound like map of the problematique" if you want to learn more about it

[@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial]

@@harrychrisrobin heck yeah thanks for the help man! \m/

[@keyboardheuvelrug]

Detune is no modulation but (static) detune... It'll never replace a chorus or ensemble effect.

[@SoundRelaxus]

Bro !! I Love Your Videos. You are so funny and informative. 😅😅. Big Fan.

[@acutemadness]

what would be cool is if somebody made a pedal that can go momentarily octave down/up which is more realistic to a real whammy system and then also have a momentary fixed-rate vibrato switch that slows down at the end for simulating flutter but obviously when you have a double-locking trem you can lift the guitar up by the bar like herman li or alexi laiho then turning your strings into metal spaghetti when doing a divebomb though your hands aren’t as free to tap for example while pitch-shifting everything

[@luisgerena1227]

I have been meaning to comment on one of your vids now for a few weeks....just wanted to tell you the content is awesome and thank you

[@harrychrisrobin]

Thanks so much for your support I really appreciate it I’m glad I can reach out to people and bring them content they like

[@josefk.122]

Most entertaining video on this pedal thus far.

[@harrychrisrobin]

Thank you!

[@TheEntrepMan]

I have one which is the DT whammy, I even make an improvisation to some songs I'd like to play

[@Bigturts]

What about dimebag bro?

[@jeffjefferson8137]

i never really noticed the harmony in plug in baby but it sounds so good. i need to learn how to make good harmonies

[@mariogutierrezspeedcuber5925]

Perfect video I needed

[@harrychrisrobin]

thanks so much! super glad you enjoyed it

[@justinsane321]

When I think of a digit each whammy I think of morello and buckethead

[@DaRealPinkKing]

How did you get the Map Of Problematique sound? at 2:20?

[@harrychrisrobin]

check out my "sound like map of the problematique" video

[@TanguyBlanchard]

What's the riff at 5:28 ? I'm definitely getting a whammy now

[@harrychrisrobin]

Oh that isn't anything I just came up with it as I needed something simple to demo the sound with. But yeah for sure get a whammy!

[@TanguyBlanchard]

@@harrychrisrobin reminds me of some prog rock thing I heard recently I think. Major minor is always a good call

[@Patrick33194]

Im not even a huge Muse fan, but it was great to see you being one xD you pull it off well

[@Jdrummer596]

It's such an essential pedal for my band's music.

[@harrychrisrobin]

Yeah I bet it is. I can’t imagine not having it on my board

[@Sardjento]

Awesome video! Is that a KP2 beside your pedal board? Also, do you control it with your toes or something since its on the floor? :o

[@harrychrisrobin]

It is. At the time the KP2 was in my rig now I just use it when I need to use it. I have a guitar that has a midi controller built into it to control the effect parameters of the kaoss pad

[@braydonrobbins6538]

What was the riff that started at 2:09?

[@harrychrisrobin]

That’s “My Iron Lung” from Radiohead

[@The_Jackdaw]

I've just ordered the ricochet pedal looking forward to having some fun

[@harrychrisrobin]

well good! have fun with that! I should check out some reviews of that myself

[@Nigoqo]

Thank's Harry for this video :)

[@harrychrisrobin]

No worries! Really glad you like this video

[@anniedarkhorse6791]

Great video and great Fallout poster.

[@specialops728]

Which one there’s two

[@Fraenky95]

how exactly do you make the sound from 02:13 to 02:21 with the whammy???

[@harrychrisrobin]

That’s where the midi aspect of the whammy comes in. For that part in sending midi messages to the whammy to change the presets in real time

[@Dimitar_Tsanev]

To me there are no whammy users more iconic than Korn...

[@nine9whitepony526]

It's very good. I've had mine since 2013. I love it

[@michaelfuria4257]

How about the "Game Changer" Bigsby Pedal??

[@LightenupandshootMikey]

Who is the girl playing cello and singing? Sara Baso? I can't find her.

[@harrychrisrobin]

She’s on my main channel page as one of my collaborators

[@maJastoL]

How is it for doing dives instead of a whammy bar?

[@harrychrisrobin]

It’s interesting I’ll say that much. Totally different way of getting that sound. It’s difficult to make it sounds like a real dive bomb just because you have to use your foot for it so it has its own characteristics. But to me that just means it has its own sound

[@unisnacc7970]

What’s the solo song you playing on 1:58 ?

[@harrychrisrobin]

That’s the solo for killing in the name by rage against the machine

[@miguelnogueira4357]

I have no pedals and I use Archetype Tim Henson (digital plug in). If I bought one of these, would it work like it does on a normal amplifier? Just asking cause I don't want to find out the hard way that it does not work...

[@harrychrisrobin]

great questions. i honestly don't know for sure. however, i simulate all of my amps, so its just my pedalboard then plugged into my audio interface into logic pro. my whammy works fine with that set up. I hope that helps.

[@miguelnogueira4357]

@@harrychrisrobin OK, so you plug the guitar into the row of pedals then into the audio interface and it works fine? If so that's the same thing I should do but with 1 pedal only

[@harrychrisrobin]

@@miguelnogueira4357 seems that way to me yeah

[@mikehollinger6190]

Great video !

[@benjones869]

Great video! Subscribed 👌

[@harrychrisrobin]

Thank you for subscribing and welcome to the channel. It’s a Manson MA Evo

[@benjones869]

@@harrychrisrobin just caught your video on it, amazing. What a weapon.

[@harrychrisrobin]

@@benjones869 thanks so much mate

[@LuisAli758]

How do you get the harmonizer sound

[@harrychrisrobin]

Probably by using the harmoniser settings

[@Thedex97]

Best review i ever see!!!!

[@harrychrisrobin]

Thanks so so much!

[@ThomDLuffy]

How, please tell me how did you make the “map of the problematique” sound ffs!! Hyperventilating right now as I have bought the pedal but haven’t use it properly (as far as I can see lol)

[@harrychrisrobin]

You should check out my old Sound Like Map of the Problematique video

[@ThomDLuffy]

@@harrychrisrobin i have watched it and all I can say is thank you so much!!!

[@harrychrisrobin]

@@ThomDLuffy cheers bro!

[@MrEddyyuhhi]

My whammy5 Arrive today .. amazing paddle

[@harrychrisrobin]

Nice one bud. Glad you like the pedal

[@CsenkiBandy]

Hi! Can i ask you something? I’m a huge fan of you and i really like your videos! Especially the muse ones! But i’v got a problem and please can you help me? I don’t know how can i get the The repeating Octave down Octave up shifts on the whammy v in the song map of the problematique. I know you made a video called sound like map of the pro… but in this video unfortunately, there is no answer to my question. So can you help me?

[@harrychrisrobin]

@@CsenkiBandy for that I connect my whammy via midi to Logic Pro which sends midi messages to the whammy where I’ve programmed the pitch shifting sequence in. There’s a more recent sound like I’ve made for map of the problematique which highlights how it’s done and the pitch shifting sequence needed

[@CsenkiBandy]

@@harrychrisrobin Hi Harry! Thank you very much for your help, you have helped me a lot, I wish you all the best in the future and I hope the videos will come

[@The_Jackdaw]

Hi Harry Love your videos . I'm a massive muse fan. Any chance of a sound like the handler video. I'm pretty new to using pedals.

[@harrychrisrobin]

Hi Neil. Thanks so much for your support I really appreciate that’s. I can certainly make a video for sound like the handler. I can’t say when it would come out but it will eventually for sure

[@Aguywholikesguitar]

2:05 how’d you use it on little sister

[@migasbalasteiro]

Great video! Are u sure that don't want to a youtuber as a full-time job? 😅😂 Serious question: Do u think that the whammy 6 will wave some sort of memory bank, an fx loop or a stereo in/out and another version with all that plus the DT side of the whammy DT version?

[@harrychrisrobin]

I'd love to youtube full time as long as I could rely on it. Let's see if I can get monetised first haha I don't know what the whammy 6 could possibly have. I'd say it's safe to say it'll have all the great features we've seen previously. Perhaps it'll go more towards what the DT had but maybe make it more compact? Who knows, I know I'd be excited to give it a go

[@migasbalasteiro]

@@harrychrisrobin do u think that could be like an the fishman triple play system here u have to buy the pick up and the switch separately. Meaning that the Whammy 6 could have the same form and have a external footswicht in to control the bank's, and the DT version be more like an multi fx unit, with 1 or more external expression pedals and in the unit u can have the switchers (and yes of course keeping the MIDI, and probably adding like a programmable way to do the effect like map of the problematique or unsustainable, in a way of not requiring any external source.

[@harrychrisrobin]

@@migasbalasteiro I doubt it could ever do the map of sound. Yeah it could be programmed in but you’d want to play around with the sound itself and then you’d want to control the bpm of it and the pitch shifting sequence which would be a lot and the big thing is being able to sync it up to the track itself. It’s easy for me because I’ve a midi track in sync with the track but you can’t do that sort of thing well just by ear

[@jamess4947]

Guys i just found blokas midihub ... Connects between a foot pedal and whammy amongst other midi gear. You can map program changes to select oct up down ..all around for any program number you wish. So no bending over while playing .. A guy at Blokas can help if youre stuck. Small box 4 ins 4 outs ... Im not paid or affiliated with Blokas. But they helped me connect a whammy by midi. 👍

[@elliotmorley9075]

what was that automatic playing pedal for that muse song?

[@harrychrisrobin]

Do you mean the molten midi?

[@elliotmorley9075]

@@harrychrisrobin iiii hope so?

[@harrychrisrobin]

@@elliotmorley9075 i really don't think the molten midi is any good, it can't do the full sequence for map of the problematique

[@elliotmorley9075]

@@harrychrisrobin what pedal would i get for "throw away your television" by rhcp then? if you know, no stress if you don't!

[@harrychrisrobin]

@@elliotmorley9075 I believe John used a line 6 fm4 filter modeller. It sounds like a phase step filter to me. You can get a do a lake effect from the boss phase pedal set to “step” check out some videos on it

[@aldimaulana3541]

is it just me , my whammy have volume drop when its turn on

[@oneoftheonez3757]

I know Prince used this pedal also

[@devinsinderwitcz9134]

Whammy IV for life!!!!!

[@GibsonFender]

Instant sub.

[@OxaudioPhilly]

Dont forget James Iha!

[@michaeltyers7336]

Your levels are all over the place in this video

[@ebaybasuki]

When i think of the whammy pedal i think of joe satriani

[@DerAykac]

Nice video, it did help me out. BUT: Nearly impossible to watch at a late hour. Either voice way to quiet or guitar way to loud.

[@harrychrisrobin]

Thanks I’m glad it helped. Sorry for the level issues I will work on this for the next video. I hope it didn’t put you off from watching more content from me

[@DerAykac]

@@harrychrisrobin Don´t worry, just want to help people improve 🖤

[@harrychrisrobin]

@@DerAykac nice one. Thanks man really appreciate it. Hope it wasn’t too bad and that you were still able to enjoy the video

[@matthewhonnor]

Make more of these please

[@harrychrisrobin]

Will do man! Might take a while but I’d love to do more

[@MK-tj5bf]

Thanks!

[@jorgeasesino]

I have the DT version and it helps a lot. in matters of varying tunings, pitches, melodies, etc. I feel that it is worth what it costs (personally) it is a world of possibilities when experimenting with it

[@harrychrisrobin]

Thats amazing! I'd live to play a DT one day, they look like a lot of fun because of those extra features. Nice one bud!

[@101proof3]

Umm and dimebag sir

[@GainfulMango295]

Anyone here because they want to buy one to play stranded's wawaweewoo?

[@sedition4267]

Why get one? I can sum it up in two words: Dimebag's Becoming.

[@vexguine]

Jimmy Page uses the Whammy since the 90's. Don't have to say anything more.

[@katastrophickhaos]

Check out Katastrophic Khaos There’s Sumthin Watching You! Digitech Whammy all over that song!

[@StuartwasDrinkell]

of course tom morelllo, more like, since 91 - muse are late to that party!

[@MK-tj5bf]

...and Joe Satriani

[@osmacar5331]

yes iot is good, but the real question is, is it fit for YOUR needs, or are you wasting your money on shiny useless trinkets like a brain damaged magpie?